Monday, February 20, 2017

Feb. 14 17

West Houston, TX during the early morning.

West Houston, TX during the early evening.

West Houston, TX during the late evening.

Northwest Houston, TX during the late evening.

Notes: A big layer of big to small, light to dark grey, thick, flat, puffy, low stratus clouds looked to cover the whole sky in northwest and west Houston, TX during the early morning. A big layer of big to small, bright white, light to dark grey, thick, flat, puffy, low stratus clouds looked to cover the whole sky in west Houston, TX during the mid-morning. The big layer of big to small, bright white, light to dark grey, thick, flat, puffy, low stratus clouds looked to have started to break apart in west Houston, TX, sometime during the late morning. Big to small, bright white, thick, flat, puffy, low stratus clouds looked to cover most of and maybe sometimes the whole sky in west Houston, TX during the afternoon and evening. Big to small, bright white, thick, flat, puffy, low stratus clouds looked to cover the whole sky in northwest Houston, TX during the late evening. Big to small, bright white, thick, flat, puffy, low stratus clouds looked to cover the whole sky in northwest Houston and Cypress, TX, during the early night. The wind speeds looked to be calm with moderate and moderately strong gusts with maybe some really strong (20-25 mph) gusts in northwest and west Houston, TX during the early morning. The wind speeds looked to be calm with moderate and moderately strong gusts in west Houston, TX during the mid-morning. The wind speeds looked to have risen to around calm with moderate to moderately strong gusts and some really strong (20-25 mph) gusts in west Houston, TX, sometime during the early afternoon, or maybe late morning. The wind speeds looked to be calm with moderate to moderately strong gusts and some really strong (20-25 mph) gusts in west Houston, TX during the afternoon and evening. The wind speeds looked to be calm with moderate to moderately strong gusts and some really strong (20-25 mph) gusts in northwest Houston, TX during the late evening. The wind speeds looked to have risen to calm with moderate to moderately strong and really strong gusts (20-25, maybe some 30) mph wind gusts in northwest Houston and Cypress, TX during the early night. It felt warm in northwest and west Houston, TX during the early morning. It felt warm in west Houston, TX during the mid-morning. It started to feel cool with a chilly wind in west Houston, TX during the late morning. It felt cool with a chilly wind in west Houston, TX during the early afternoon. It felt warm with a cool wind in west Houston, TX during the mid and late afternoon. It felt cool with a cool wind in west Houston, TX during the evening. It felt cool with cool wind in northwest Houston, TX during the late evening. It felt cool with a chilly wind in northwest Houston and Cypress, TX during the early night. There was a 50 to 100 percent chance for rain for the Houston, TX area during the morning and early afternoon with a 10 to 20 percent chance for rain, during the mid and late afternoon, evening, and night. The high was in the high 60's with maybe some low 70's, in the Houston, TX area, during the early morning and the low was in the 50's, in the Houston, TX area during the night. There were tornado warnings, watches, and some severe weather advisories issued for the Houston, TX area during the morning and early afternoon.

Summary: It was a wet, mostly cloudy, and cool day. A huge line of really heavy thunderstorms surrounded by light to moderate showers passed through the Houston, TX area during the morning and afternoon. Light to moderate rain was falling periodically with some loud rumbles of thunder and bright flashes of lightning, on my way to work from northwest Houston, TX to west Houston, TX, during the early morning. Light to really heavy rain fell in west Houston, TX, where I work at, during the mid and late morning. The rain looked to have stopped falling sometime during the early afternoon. There were reports of tornadoes and damages, but I didn't hear about any flooding reports.

Thoughts: I didn't expect there to be any tornadoes, but apparently there were some. It felt a lot cooler than I thought it would feel. I am looking forward to some warmer temps and maybe some more rain.